Toad’s Adventures

           WHENToadfoundhimselfimmuredinadankandnoisomedungeon,andknewthatallthegrimdarknessofamedievalfortresslaybetweenhimandtheouterworldofsunshineandwell-metalledhighroadswherehehadlatelybeensohappy,disportinghimselfasifhehadboughtupeveryroadinEngland,heflunghimselfatfulllengthonthefloor,andshedbittertears,andabandonedhimselftodarkdespair."Thisistheendofeverything"(hesaid),"atleastitistheendofthecareerofToad,whichisthesamething;thepopularandhandsomeToad,therichandhospitableToad,theToadsofreeandcarelessanddebonair!HowcanIhopetobeeversetatlargeagain"(hesaid),"whohavebeenimprisonedsojustlyforstealingsohandsomeamotor-carinsuchanaudaciousmanner,andforsuchluridandimaginativecheek,bestoweduponsuchanumberoffat,red-facedpolicemen!"(Herehissobschokedhim.